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• Jana Bouc, Artist – Painting, sketching and living an artful life in the San Francisco Bay Area

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• About – Jana Bouc, Artist

  Jana Bouc is a San Francisco Bay Area artist and art teacher who works in watercolor, oils, gouache and digital art. Her award-winning paintings have been published in books, shown locally, and are in...

• Freckles Minus Freckles – Jana Bouc, Artist

  Her nose! That interesting shape is why I wanted to paint her when I saw her photo (see below) on Pinterest. In the photo she is speckled with freckles but I was only interested in getting that nose!

• A Beauty and a Gloomy Gouache – Jana Bouc, Artist

  I had so much fun with this painting. I'm (slowly) working my way through the Sktchy "30 Faces in 30 Days" gouache and watercolor class, though at the rate I'm going it's probably going to take me 300...

• Revised Post: Color Boot Camp Monochrome Studies – Jana Bouc, Artist

  This is a revised post in response to a suggestion to show my value studies compared to a black and white version of the color reference photos in Bill Perkins' Color Boot Camp. In the collage above I...

• Gouache Painting Practice – Jana Bouc, Artist

  Gouache is a water-based paint similar to watercolor in some ways, but opaque and more like oil paint in other ways. Like any art form, it takes practice to build knowledge and experience and eventual...